destitute
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My father, 75, is essentially destitute and in failing health.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
The Dominican nuns who run the kitchen prepare food for about 80 elderly or destitute people -- growing numbers of Cubans are forced to rummage through garbage bins for food -- each day.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Support would still be available for "those who are destitute" but will be withheld from those with permission to work who do not, and from people who break the law or defy removal directions.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
Another was sent to live with her destitute biological family after acting out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
And the dam—or paying for it, that is—would be made possible by creating a conservancy district whose boundaries, for taxation purposes, would incorporate almost all the town’s largely destitute citizens.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing destitute
A Christmas Carol
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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